Brushless MT/Truggy race.

[ncalenda]

Patrick:

I got the neu 1515 2.5D (1700kv) and 5S for my new xray xt8. I was a little concerned with have a 1700kv vs a higher kv motor, since I want to have plenty of power and speed. Do you like that motor? My Xray is about 10lbs, and the gearing will be 16/48.

[Patrick]

Originally Posted by ncalenda

Patrick:

I got the neu 1515 2.5D (1700kv) and 5S for my new xray xt8. I was a little concerned with have a 1700kv vs a higher kv motor, since I want to have plenty of power and speed. Do you like that motor? My Xray is about 10lbs, and the gearing will be 16/48.

It is a good motor and isn't fussy about how you gear it or the voltage you use. I think it's suited for for 5s for decent power and good reliability, I'd buy it again. I usually gear it 13/46 for racing, but might try 14/46. I have geared it 16/46 for bashing without temp issues. It's got a lot of power on 6s, bit much for a slippery off road track.
You might have seen this before, but this is my e-maxx geared 12.5:1 (yours geared 16/48 would 12.9:1) before I swapped the brushless stuff over to the truggy. I should give you an idea of the performance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMZeTJFA2f4 Both my cars would be more than 10lbs.

Racing is definitely a lot of fun, I probably wouldn't have gotten into rc if it wasn't for racing. Racers here are pretty lucky I guess, there's 4 permanent off road tracks that I've raced at that are within 1 hours drive from me, plus one that gets setup at a park for one of the interclubs. We also go to at track in Bunbury (2 hours away) sometimes for an interclub, and we also went to a two day interclub race in Geraldton (4 1/2 hours drive). That was a good track, it's was made for nitro 1/8ths.
If every one that's been racing in the monster truck class in the last couple of months showed up on the same day there would be about 8 cars (all brushless), but usually there is 4-6 cars.

[ncalenda]

Originally Posted by Patrick

It is a good motor and isn't fussy about how you gear it or the voltage you use. I think it's suited for for 5s for decent power and good reliability, I'd buy it again. I usually gear it 13/46 for racing, but might try 14/46. I have geared it 16/46 for bashing without temp issues. It's got a lot of power on 6s, bit much for a slippery off road track.
You might have seen this before, but this is my e-maxx geared 12.5:1 (yours geared 16/48 would 12.9:1) before I swapped the brushless stuff over to the truggy. I should give you an idea of the performance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMZeTJFA2f4 Both my cars would be more than 10lbs.

Great vid, thanks for the info!! I'm looking forward to getting my ESC back to run my new XT8 with this motor!